News for Monday, March 5, 2001

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Sheriff's Office hires six new employees

Oak Creek's police chief is one of six men hired to be new deputies for the Routt County Sheriff's Office.
Oak Creek Chief of Police Dan Kelliher said he will start his new job on April 2, ending nearly a five-year stint in Oak Creek, with the last year and a half as chief.

Freestylers headed into final stretch of season

With the Rocky Mountain Divisional championships behind them, the members of the Steamboat Springs freestyle team are hoping to carry some of the momentum of a successful week into an important end-of-season stretch.

Historical Mesa School will soon be open to the public

Ten months after the Mesa Schoolhouse was dedicated, the public is able to make reservations to conduct meetings and other gatherings at the historical one-classroom school south of Steamboat Springs on U.S. 40. But meetings won't actually be held there until May.

The city, after choosing to go it alone on the wastewater treatment plant expansion, will decide on whether to approve a low-interest federally subsidized loan agreement tonight for $6.3 million.
In January, the city decided to break off negotiations with Mount Werner Water and Sanitation in favor of completing the state-mandated expansion on its own.

Group wants affordable housing funds to be used toward West End Village

The city and county have been putting away a total of $250,000 in affordable housing subsidies for the past two years. Tonight, the two groups will meet to discuss a proposal from the Regional Affordable Living Foundation, which is hoping to lay its hands on the entire sum of that money for the West End Village project.